At this time, Rao no longer had the peace of the past. Energy beams of various colors were flashing everywhere in the void. Along with the beams here were fireballs that were constantly burning all around.
In addition to the 45,000 warships of the Federation's First, Second, and Fourth Fleets, there are also 20,000 warships from the Third Fleet.
No tactics were used, and the 100,000 defenders were crushed in just over ten minutes by overwhelming strength.
After all, this is just a patchwork of local defenders from various star systems, not the main fleet. It can only be regarded as a second-tier local fleet with very average strength.
Therefore, the federal fleet fought very easily. I don’t know if the commander on the opposite side was too stupid or something else. All counterattacks were covering fire, and there was no concentrated fire attack from the beginning to the end!
You know, the human battleship shield can at least withstand 15 rounds of main guns from the Oaks Empire battleship. Who can you kill with covering fire
Even if Lin Fan and others encountered the Oaks Empire commander before, even if he didn't know it at the beginning, after discovering the energy shield, he would change it to concentrated fire attacks in order to achieve success.
This was the first time we encountered a commander like this who did not react to a concentrated fire attack until the end of the war. Everyone who had been prepared to lose dozens or hundreds of warships couldn't help but laugh bitterly.
Well, in such a big empire, there are always a few losers!
In fact, Lin Fan really misunderstood this time. Speaking of Rao's commander, he was the most miserable one so far.
When the battle began, he was patrolling the fleet on a shuttle ship, and then the human fleet suddenly appeared.
Just after the order was given to return to the flagship, a sudden burst of covering fire came, so someone suffered a tragedy. He was directly hit by a main gun-level ion beam and died in the first wave of strikes, not even ashes. Leave a little behind.
Also killed on the shuttle ship were his adjutant and a group of staff officers. It was considered that the entire senior command staff of the garrison had been killed!
In the sudden war, no one was under unified command. Therefore, the entire fleet became miserable and just counterattacked blindly.
Moreover, the fleets from various star systems are still fighting on their own, and the results can be imagined.
After cleaning up all the planets of Rao, the four fleets started the jump engine and made the jump, targeting the capital area of the Oaks Empire. The operation officially entered the third and final stage.
Now there is only one opponent left for the Federation fleet, and that is the Guards Fleet stationed in the capital area of the Oaks Empire.
The Guards Fleet is a fleet directly under the Emperor of the Ox Empire, with a number of approximately 200,000, and an additional 5,000 quasi-fourth-level battleships purchased from the Babavi Empire!
Why add the word "quasi"? Because the warships sold by the Babavi Empire do not have jump engines.
But don't underestimate these 5,000 warships. Except for the jump engine, the warships' speed, attack power, and defense are all stronger than human warships.
After all, the weapons on human warships still belong to the category of level three civilization. Even the energy sources and shields are only of the first generation, which is equivalent to the level of the early stage of level four civilization.
And these 5,000 battleships are all battleship-level. Overall, these 5,000 battleships are equivalent to more than 10,000 human battleships.
Let's talk about the 200,000 Guards Fleet warships. These are all built using the empire's most advanced technology regardless of cost, and their combat effectiveness is much higher than the average main fleet.
Therefore, Lin Fan and others did not underestimate this last resistance force. Although it would not be a problem to win, if one is not careful, he may pay a huge price of casualties. This is not what the Federation wants to see!
Inside the Ouranos, Lin Fan was holding a virtual combat meeting with the other three commanders.
"In order to ensure that our losses are within control, we must find a way to get rid of those 5,000 quasi-level 4 warships first!"
"Lin Fan, you are the one who made the battle plan. You must have already drafted it, so just tell me!"
Liang Xingchen smiled and pointed it out directly. He didn't believe that Lin Fan hadn't thought of a solution until now.
"Okay, here's what I think. Commanders, what do you think?"
"This is a way, but the key still depends on whether the opponent is fooled."
Liang Xingchen said after thinking for a while.
Lin Fan's battle plan is indeed very interesting. If the enemy is fooled, then one's own side can concentrate its superior forces to encircle and destroy the 5,000 warships that pose the greatest threat.
As long as these battleships are taken care of, the remaining 200,000 guard battleships will not be a big problem.
But the biggest question here is whether the opponent will do what Lin Fan wants.
"Commander Liang, it doesn't matter even if the other party doesn't take the bait. We can use this method to clean up all the planets except Oaks. Then they will only have one planet left in the end! Then we will fight them. That’s fine, how long do you think they can maintain 200,000 battleships when they only have one living planet left?”
"You are quite shameless, but I agree with this plan. In a war, the only thing that matters is who is more shameless!"
After listening to Lin Fan's words, Liang Xingchen immediately realized that Lin Fan didn't care whether the other party was fooled or not.
It's best to be fooled, just follow the plan. Even if you don't be fooled, it doesn't matter. It will evolve directly from an isolated capital area to an isolated planet.
What do you do when you only have one planet left? Can you use the resources of one planet to raise 200,000 warships? Let me see how long you can keep it. The worst case scenario is that it will only take a few more months!
Even Jiang Hai laughed when he understood. The key point was that Lin Fan was so shameless and was simply bullying others.
Only the commander of the Third Fleet, Kuite, frowned. As he said before, Kuite was a very rigid person. Not only was his tactics rigid, but he was also very rigid as a person. The tactics Lin Fan mentioned just now made him subconsciously It’s so disdainful!
Lin Fan naturally noticed Lieutenant General Quite's expression.
"Does Commander Quite have any different opinions?"
"In a war that can definitely be won, the only difference is the size of the casualties. Why use such despicable tactics? This kind of tactics is simply insulting to federal soldiers."
As soon as these words came out, Lin Fan and the other three looked extremely ugly.
Is it just a difference in casualties? What kind of words are these
In addition, it is simply insulting the federal soldiers. What nonsense is this? Does it mean that everyone has to line up with each other, play a game of queuing and shooting, and then destroy 1,000 enemies at 800 self-loss, then it is not insulting the soldiers
Seeing that Lin Fan's face was getting more and more ugly, and there were some signs of an explosion. Although Liang Xingchen was also disgusted with what Kuite said, he had to come out to smooth things over at this time, otherwise there would be internal infighting within the federal fleet before the war. That’s big!
"Okay, you two, I think it's better to send the minutes of today's meeting to the higher-ups and let them decide whether to use Lin Fan's tactics!"
As soon as Liang Xingchen's words came out, others naturally had nothing to refute.
Anyway, now using quantum communication, sending meeting minutes to the federation is a matter of minutes!
Liang Xingchen's idea was also very simple. It was impossible for the president and vice president not to support Lin Fan. In addition, Sanders, the commander-in-chief of the federal fleet, also knew that he would definitely not agree with Kuite's idea.
So, to put it nicely, it means letting the higher-ups decide; to put it worse, it means using the higher-ups to shut up Quite!
(End of chapter)